Obama Urges Congress To Put Off Probe Into Fort Hood Massacre

The AP reports that "President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Congress to hold off on any investigation of the Fort Hood rampage until federal law enforcement and military authorities have completed their probes into the shootings at the Texas Army post, which left 13 people dead. On an eight-day Asia trip, Obama turned his attention home and pleaded for lawmakers to 'resist the temptation to turn this tragic event into the political theater.' He said those who died on the nation's largest Army post deserve justice, not political stagecraft."

I completely disagree. The American people have a right to have their representatives in appropriate committees in the House and Senate investigate this act of terror immediately so that we can learn how such a security risk was allowed to remain a major in the U.S. army, and so that we can urge our government to take all steps to make sure it never happens again. For example, Senator Joe Lieberman heads the Senate Homeland Security Committee, and if this is not under his purview and deserving of immediate investigation than I do not what it is. Furthermore, it was federal law enforcement that completely failed to keep America safe and missed all the "red flags" concerning Nadil Malik Hasan. To wait for the FBI or Defense Department, the government agencies that failed us, to write up a possibly self-serving report, rather than allow members of Congress who had no hand in missing the "warning signs" gather the information, is ridiculous. Finally, a little "political theater" would actually be useful because it would mean that many Americans would actually be able to see the investigations as they take place and learn what went wrong. It is a way to get the attention of the American people and let them know that government is looking into how and why those killings came to be with all the seriousness that it the issue deserves. Tweet